Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 190 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

1. 1.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) making (c) made
2. 2.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) gone (b) going (c) went (d) goed
3. 3.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) running (b) runned (c) run (d) ran
4. 4.The children ___ a cartoon in 2023. (a) watched (b) have watched (c) watch (d) will watch
5. 5.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinked (c) drunk (d) drinking
6. 6.I did not ___ in the park last Sunday. (a) jogging (b) jog (c) jogs (d) jogged
7. 7.___ you wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
8. 8.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) worn (b) wearing (c) weared (d) wore
9. 9.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
10. 10.They ___ in the park last week. (a) jogged (b) will jog (c) jog (d) have jogged
11. 11.Pooja did not ___ the match yesterday. (a) won (b) wins (c) winning (d) win
12. 12.They did not ___ a kite two days ago. (a) flies (b) flying (c) fly (d) flew
13. 13.I ___ a tree last week. (a) will climb (b) climbed (c) have climbed (d) climb
14. 14.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling
15. 15.Myra ___ a sandcastle yesterday. (a) builded (b) built (c) builds (d) will build
16. 16.Rahul did not ___ a letter yesterday. (a) wrote (b) writes (c) write (d) writing
17. 17.My friends did not ___ a message in 2023. (a) sending (b) send (c) sent (d) sends
18. 18.You ___ science in 2023. (a) have studied (b) studied (c) study (d) will study
19. 19.My friends ___ the room yesterday. (a) clean (b) will clean (c) cleaned (d) have cleaned
20. 20.You ___ a letter last week. (a) write (b) will write (c) writed (d) wrote
21. 21.___ they eat a mango yesterday? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
22. 22.You ___ the dishes in 2023. (a) wash (b) washed (c) have washed (d) will wash
23. 23.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) throwed (c) throwing (d) threw
24. 24.The students did not ___ the dog two days ago. (a) feeds (b) feeding (c) feed (d) fed
25. 25.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) took (c) taked (d) taken
26. 26.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) catched (b) catching (c) caught
27. 27.I did not ___ Hindi yesterday. (a) spoke (b) speaking (c) speak (d) speaks
28. 28.My brother did not ___ a message last week. (a) send (b) sending (c) sends (d) sent
29. 29.We ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) will write (b) write (c) wrote (d) writed
30. 30.___ he make tea last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
31. 31.They ___ the ball last week. (a) catch (b) will catch (c) catched (d) caught
32. 32.What is the past tense of “ride”? (a) riding (b) rode (c) rided (d) ridden
33. 33.___ we eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
34. 34.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) wrote (c) written (d) writing
35. 35.My brother did not ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) buys (b) buying (c) bought (d) buy
36. 36.Omkar did not ___ science last Sunday. (a) studied (b) studies (c) studying (d) study
37. 37.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawing (d) drawn
38. 38.___ he cook rice in 2023? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.My sister ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) planted (c) has planted (d) plants
40. 40.Manav did not ___ milk last Sunday. (a) drinking (b) drank (c) drinks (d) drink

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